Your privacy is important to us, and we want to communicate with church members in a way which has their consent, and which is in line with European Law on Data Protection. As a result of a change in Data Protection regulation, we now need your consent as to how we contact you. Please fill in the contact details you want us to use to communicate with you:

Name

Address

Email Address

Phone Number

By signing this form you are confirming that you are consenting to WATERFORD UNION OF PARISHES holding and processing your personal data for the following purposes (please tick the boxes where you grant consent):-

I consent to the church contacting me by ☐ post ☐ phone or ☐email.

☐ To keep me informed about news, events, activities and services at WATERFORD UNION OF PARISHES (note you can unsubscribe from the church e-bulletin at any time);

☐ To share my contact details with the DIOCESE OF CASHEL FERNS AND OSSORY for the duration of my time as a parochial officer so they can keep me informed about news, events, activities and services that will be occurring in the diocese and which are directly relevant to the role I am undertaking;

You can grant consent to all the purposes; one of the purposes or none of the purposes. Where you do not grant consent we will not be able to use your personal data; (so for example we may not be able to let you know about forthcoming services and events); except in certain limited situations, such as where required to do so by law or to protect members of the public from serious harm. You can find out more about how we use your data from our “Data Privacy Notice” which is available from our website www.christchurchwaterford.com.

You can withdraw or change your consent at any time by contacting the dean. .Please note that all processing of your personal data will cease once you have withdrawn consent, other than where this is required by law, but this will not affect any personal data that has already been processed prior to this point.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect across Europe from 25 May 2018. It replaces the existing law on data protection and gives individuals more rights and protection in how their personal data is used by organisations. Personal data is information about a living person which is capable of identifying them.

Parishes must comply with its requirements, just like any other charity or organisation. If charities are not compliant, they can face a fine of up to 4% of their turnover or €20m, whichever is larger.

On May 24th all your details MUST be deleted from all parish databases unless you fill in the attached consent form attached. THIS IS REQUIRED BY GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION LAW . I will have to delete EVERYTHING unless I get your consent to retain your name, address, email and phone numbers.

A few years ago I asked each parishioner to fill in their contact details for parish contact purposes but the attached form is now the required format from the RB (Church of Ireland central administration). If you wish to remain on the parish lists please fill in the attached and forward to me. This is really important, our legal duty as a parish and your cooperation would be hugely appreciated.